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From: Isaac Morland <[email protected]>
To: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
Cc: Dutch Glory <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new instance/main database
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 08:44:12 -0400
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On Thu, 7 May 2026 at 08:40, David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Dutch Glory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> proposal:
>> Postgresql 18 Linux (all flavors) - with installation, create new
>> instance/main database:
>> sudo -u postgres /usr/pgsql-18/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/18/data/
>> initdb
>>
>>
> No, make/ninja install should not create a database.  That is outside its
> appropriate responsibilities.  Installing from source stops once the
> binaries are installed.  Using the installed product is up to the user.
>

Also there are lots of reasons to install Postgres without creating an
instance. This is actually one of the things I don't like about the Ubuntu
installer, which defaults to creating an instance (although this behaviour
can be suppressed by creating a config file with an appropriate directive
first).

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